Akashi Tanikaze Vs. Haruna Saitou

Haruna gracefully landed from her attack in a crouching position, already preparing her follow through. While her last attempt on Akashi's bloated belly hadn't gone quite that well, Haruna's excessive arrogance only made her want to break that wall of fat all the more. With the sumo staggering and left wide open, Haruna took a deep breath, concentrating tightly on her target. The instant she saw the chance, she launched herself forward at full speed, drawing back her arm before launching a palm strike right at Akashi's gut. She was aware of how tough it would be this time, bracing herself for the resistance, but with this force and momentum, surely even this would leave a mark...

"Guuuuuh!"

Akashi's eyes widened as she took the palm right into her big gut. Her abs weren't tightened and so it did have the effect Haruna wanted, but Akashi didn't quite stumble. Instead, she instinctively reached for Haruna's waist and pulled her close as their bodies mashed together.

Akashi's foot slid back and she leaned into Haruna. She felt as long as she could hold her in place, she could use the time to recover as she panted against Haruna's neck.

<I am Rikishi. It is my duty to stay on two feet no matter the cost.> She responded tersely in her native tongue.

A sadistic grin crossed over Haruna's face as she felt her hand sink in deep. However it was very short lived, as Akashi did not stagger, but instead grabbed her by her shorts and pulled her in. Pressed up against the sumo's sweaty body once again, the purple-haired diva squirmed violently in protest, clawing at Akashi's wrists. < "Silence, pig! I'll have you kneel before me!" > Haruna hissed back threateningly, responding to Akashi's Japanese with her own.

Akashi hissed as Haruna clawed at her wrists, but she grinned through it. She didn't need anymore words and she was pretty certain that Haruna didn't know what kind of position she was in.

Akashi mashed their cheeks together, compressing their bodies together quite intimately as she wrapped one free leg around the back of Haruna's calf and then torqued her body with all of her might to throw them both off balance and onto the canvas, with Haruna underneath Akashi's big body.

The realization finally dawned on Haruna of what Akashi was planning to do, sending a sharp sting of fear through her. She started to increase her struggles, but by then it was too late. Thrown off balance and falling backwards, Haruna's slender frame was crushed against the mat by Akashi's tremendous weight. Her eyes bulged in pain, as she let out a strained wheeze as though all the air was forced out of her lungs.

Akashi knew the feeling well. The crushing weight she had and the poor soul who got caught underneath it. It wasn't her finisher by any means, but Akashi felt confident enough and grabbed for one of Haruna's legs to hoist it into the air and pin her shoulders to the ground.

"One!"

Though briefly shell-shocked after that impact, the sound of the "TWO!" quickly snapped Haruna right back again. "You fucking pig!" she swore loudly, quickly kicking her legs and lifting her shoulders to break the pin before slipping away and getting back to her feet.

Akashi grunted and hopped to her feet when Haruna threw her off after the count of two. She landed on her hands and knees and as Haruna rolled away, Akashi looked to catch her with a clothesline to put her back down to the canvas.

" You're disgraceful." She replied back. Haruna's words were the words of someone who seemed used to having things go her way most of the time.

"OOOOOHH!!" Kelly cried out, slamming her fists on the table. "THE BIG BAD BELUGA WHALE JUST CRUSHED THE SMALL LITTLE FISH UNDER HER MASSIVE WEIGHT! LOOK AT HER GO SQUISH!" Exclaimed the Champion with excitement.

"And now Tanikaze's going for the pin! Referee moves in... This could be it! One! Two! Th-KICKOUT! It's a Kickout, ladies and gentleman! Haruna Saitou is still in the match! Full of spunk, cursing the former champion as she slinks away!" Kelly said with a wide grin as she leaned over the table, stroking her title.

"It's been a close bout so far folks! I don't think we expected Saitou do this well but she's certainty given Tanikaze a run for her money, White! Let's take a look at that spinning dropkick from earlier..." Kelly said before the AFWtron and the Television Broadcast showed Haruna jumping off the top rope to preform her spinning dropkick like maneuver on Akashi just moments ago.

"Impressive acrobatic display by Saitou! Obviously the quicker and lighter of the two, she payed for that just now when Akashi used her nearly two hundred pound body to flatten the newcomer! I gotta say, White... As much I think Akashi is trash, I LOVE this fight!"

Haruna deftly managed to duck under the clothesline, hopping away before turning back towards her foe. She glared hatefully at Akashi, growing increasingly frustrated at the larger woman. While she was back on her feet, that heavy splash had hurt, and her body was still feeling the effects of it now that the alarm from the attempted pin had settled. Going into this battle relatively blind, by her standards, the lack of collected information was a hindrance, but not one Haruna believed she could not overcome. That fat pig must have a weakness somewhere...

Having grown quite wary by this point, Haruna waited to see what the sumo would try next, readying herself to evade and look for an opening.